The all-new 3-Series entered into its sixth generation and the German automaker has again hit the segment with premium saloon. The latest BMW 3-Series has all the right boxes ticked on BMW’s recipe of success. It has more qualities and features to attract the company car drivers and private buyers as well.
It is spacious than ever before, offers a bigger and wider boot for more cargo, classy interior with driver-focused switchgear and instrument panel. It also has high-end materials used in the cabin. It is not only the 3-Series which has high end materials used in the cabin there are higher models from BMW. It is most admired and sought after company car in the BMW line-up.
In case you are a company car driver looking for a good motorway cruiser with a top class badge, some of the excellent fuel economy figures and pin-sharp handling, then you’ll be able to battle to search out something better than the standard BMW 320d diesel. The essential capabilities, however, the 320d has low emissions that imply tax costs should be affordable for the drivers. BMW 3-series efficiency is varied with seven engines options, coupled to either a six-speed manual gearbox or an automatic eight-speed gearbox mounted to paddle shifters.
There is a petrol line-up of engines consist of three powerful and fuel economical engines where a BMW 320i 2.0-litre cranks out 194bhp, a higher end 2.0-litre engine in the 328i cranks out 245bhp and a 3.0-litre engine from 335i is capable of producing 306bhp.
BMW 3-series diesel engine line-up consists of four units where, a 2.0-litre engine generates 116bhp while in the 316d, a 2.0-litre gives 143bhp in the 318d, 2.0-litre cranks out 163bhp in the 320d and the other one is the 2.0-litre 184bhp for the higher efficiency 320d models.
The entry level petrol engine in 320i with 184bhp can get from 0 to 62mph in 7.3 seconds. Its top speed is 146mph, while with the 245bhp, 328i will reach the 0-62mph dash in 5.9 seconds and is electronically controlled to do only 155mph. The most dominating and powerful BMW 335i with the petrol powered 306bhp is competent of accelerating from zero to 62mph in 5.5 seconds and likewise has an electronically-confined top speed of 155mph.
On the diesel end, the base model that cranks out 116bhp in 316d sets a zero-62mph time of 10.9 seconds and it will possibly reach a high speed of 126mph. The 318d with 148bhp can reap 0-62mph in 9.1 seconds. The most famous and admired BMW 320d diesel engine that cranks out 163BHP, will get from zero to 62mph in 8 seconds and top speed is 143mph. The most strong power unit in the 320d that cranks 184bhp might make the benchmark dash in round 7.5 seconds, and has 140mph limit. So, these are the basic reasons that push the 3-Series into the court of company car buyers and private buyers.
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